Defensive end prospects for Chiefs in each round of 2019 NFL draft

The defensive end position has gone through an offseason overhaul for the Chiefs.

A change to a 4-3 scheme will have the Chiefs getting their edge rush from two defensive ends. This is opposed to the outside linebackers we’re all accustomed to seeing in Bob Sutton’s 3-4 defense.

During the 2019 offseason the Chiefs released Justin Houston, and traded away Dee Ford. They’ve added Alex Okafor and Emmanuel Ogbah, who are both cheaper and better fits at the position to enact the new scheme. Still, with such productive players leaving the Chiefs, there are many who believe they’re not yet done with new additions.

Here are players the Chiefs could look at in each round of the draft:

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Round 1: Clelin Ferrell, Clemson

This draft is flush with defensive line talent, and with that in mind there’s always a chance that one of them drops to pick No. 29. Ferrell just so happens to be the prospect that put up an uninspiring performance at the combine.

What Ferrell does have going for him is great tape and a tremendous amount of production. In his college career, he amassed 166 total tackles, 27 sacks and 50.5 tackles for loss. He won two national titles with Clemson, and both came against Alabama (2016 and 2018). In 2018 he became a first-team All-ACC defensive end and won the Ted Hendricks Award as college football’s top defensive end.

If Ferrell makes it all the way to pick No. 29 it’ll show that NFL teams may be too concerned with his athletic testing and not concerned enough with the high caliber of play he’s accomplished in his career.